List of Famous people named Kurt
Kurt Travis
Kurt Thomas Travis is an American singer, songwriter, and musician from Sacramento, California. He is currently part of the American post-hardcore bands Royal Coda and Push Over and was formerly the lead vocalist for the rock bands Dance Gavin Dance and A Lot Like Birds.
Kurt Beck
Kurt Beck is a German politician (SPD), who served as the 7th Minister President of Rhineland-Palatinate from 1994 to 2013 and as the 55th President of the Bundesrat in 2000/01. On 14 May 2006 he succeeded Matthias Platzeck as chairman of the German Social Democratic Party (SPD). He resigned from that post on 7 September 2008.
Kurt Sitte
Kurt Sitte was a nuclear physicist, originally from northern Bohemia.
Kurt Coleman
Kurt Coleman is an American football safety who is currently a free agent. He was drafted by the Philadelphia Eagles in the seventh round of the 2010 NFL Draft. He played college football at Ohio State.
Kurt Burneo
Kurt Johnny Burneo Farfán is an Peruvian economist and politician.
Kurt Heissmeyer
Kurt Heissmeyer was a Nazi SS physician involved in medical experimentation on concentration camp inmates including children.
Kurt Wolff
Oberleutnant Kurt Robert Wilhelm Wolff was one of Imperial Germany's highest scoring fighter aces during World War I. The youthful ace originally served in three bomber units before being picked by Manfred von Richthofen for fighter aviation. Under the tutelage of Richthofen, Wolff would shoot down 33 enemy aircraft in four months, including 22 victims during Bloody April, 1917. On 6 May 1917, after his 29th victory, he was transferred to command Royal Prussian Jagdstaffel 29. When Richthofen moved up to become the wing commander of the Flying Circus and his replacement as squadron commander was killed, Wolff was transferred to command his old squadron. Wolff was killed in action, aged 22, while flying a Fokker Triplane prototype.
Kurt Metzger
Kurt Metzger is an American stand-up comedian, actor, and an Emmy and Peabody Award winning writer for his work on the television series Inside Amy Schumer.
Kurt Weill
Kurt Julian Weill was a German composer, active from the 1920s in his native country, and in his later years in the United States. He was a leading composer for the stage who was best known for his fruitful collaborations with Bertolt Brecht. With Brecht, he developed productions such as his best-known work The Threepenny Opera, which included the ballad "Mack the Knife". Weill held the ideal of writing music that served a socially useful purpose. He also wrote several works for the concert hall. He became a United States citizen on August 27, 1943.
Kurt Huber
Kurt Huber was a university professor and resistance fighter with the anti-Nazi group White Rose. For his involvement he was imprisoned and guillotined.